sheer
adjective
transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.
had sheered
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past perfectof sheer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For by now the cab had sheered off into that thoroughfare, and was rocking rapidly south, between glittering walls of light.
From The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance
In an incredibly short space of time it was alongside, the passenger had climbed up the rope ladder, the pinnace had sheered off and the steamer was once more heading towards the Channel.
From Kingdom of the Blind by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
She considered it enchanting to live in a house where she could be acquainted with the cook stove; and Miss Martha felt that she had sheered off the thin ice upon solid ground at last.
From The Opened Shutters by Clara Louise Burnham
The latter, however, had sheered off from its base course well to the right when the alarm was sounded.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
A Mount's Bay lugger had spied them, and lying in wait, had sheered up close alongside, her crew bawling for news.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
